The Pender Community Hospital District Golf Tournament was held on July 22 at Twin Creeks Golf Course. In spite of the hot weather, 125 golfers participated in the event, an increase from last year's 112 golfers.


First Place Team

There were 25 hole sponsors, which are listed individually below. Co-chairmen Lynette Roth and Rita Brehmer reported that the event raised $6,700. Winning the tournament was the Pender State Bank team of Amy Cooper, Linda Simonsen, Troy and Laura Schwanebeck with a score of 30. The second place team was Lori Butler, Bob Rainer, Neal and Barb Butler with a score of 31.


Second Place Team

Winning the putting contest sponsored by the Pender State Bank, in the men's category, were
Brian Kent, 1st place, Wayne Emmaunel, 2nd place, and Tyler Weborg. 3rd place. Ladies putting contest winners were Amy Cooper, 1st place, Beth Rohde, 2nd place, and Shirley Frey, 3rd place.
No one was able to claim the prize in the Charter West Hole-in-one contest for $1,000, however winning $100 prizes for getting closest to the hole were Ray Welsh and Laura Schwanebeck.
Other pin prize winners were Leslie Schulz, Glenda Mueller,Gunnar Spethman, Dennie Munderloh, Heidi (Novak) Thummel , Jeanne Gaer, Ron Kelly, and Dr. Keith Allan. Door prizes were donated by businesses from Pender, Bancroft, Beemer, Emerson, Norfolk, Omaha, Lincoln, and Sioux City.

Special thanks to our generous
Hole Sponsors for 2006:

Thurston Mfg. Co. (Blu Jet Circle R), Thurston; UHS (Gary Pries, Customer Support Specialist, Jason Meis, Account Manager): Bruns Feedlot, LLC (Leon & Joel Bruns), Pender, NE; Munderloh Funeral Home of Pender, Wakefield & Bancroft; Maul & Bodlak, LLP of Pender; Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City, Iowa; Weborg Feedlot Co. LLC of Pender; Pender Care Centre; Ava and Jeff Munderloh, PA-C & family of Pender; General Surgery & Diagnostics P.C. (Dr. Paul Wolpert, M.D., Dr. Mike Wolpert, M.D., Dr. Keith Vollstedt M.D., Lawrence Volz M.D.) of Dakota Dunes, S.D.; Cardiovascular Associates of Sioux City; Providence Medical Center of Wayne; Charles and Quinn Kneifl PA-C and Reese, of Pender; Dr. David & Shirley Hoelting and family of Pender; The Harry A. Koch Co. of Omaha; Pathology Center of Omaha; Dr. Matt & Connie Felber and Claire & Isabelle of Pender; Charter West National Bank of Pender, Walthill, and West Point; Pender State Bank; Kent Insurance and Investments of Pender; Prochaska & Associates (Planning, Architecture, Engineering, & Interiors) of Omaha; Dr. Ben & Ginger Martin & family of Pender; Hilltop Feed & Grain (Art Nitzsche and Terry Roth) of Wisner; Pender Community Hospital Anesthesia(Michael Kirwan CRNA); Siouxland Urology Associates PC (Dr. Ken McCalla); CNOS (Center for Neurosciences, Orthopaedics & Spine P.C.) of Dakota Dunes; Nebraska Heart Institute (Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Care) of Lincoln.